[blindlaw] Working as advocate for the blind, viable career possibility?

Thu Oct 9 22:15:17 UTC 2014

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aimee Harwood via blindlaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
To: "James Fetter" <jfetter at nd.edu>; "Blind Law Mailing List" 
<blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Working as advocate for the blind,viable career 
possibility?


> Please reply on list or add me to the recipients because I am interested 
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> Aimee
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>> On Oct 9, 2014, at 4:11 PM, James Fetter via blindlaw 
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear list,
>> I hope this finds you all well. I am very seriously considering law 
>> school for next fall; I previously got a Ph.D. in Political Science and, 
>> for a variety of professional and personal reasons, am making the 
>> transition from academia to something, most likely the legal field, which 
>> has better, if not excellent, career prospects and more practical impact. 
>> I would be curious to learn more from those  doing a significant amount 
>> of work advocating for the blind and/or representing blind and other 
>> disabled clients about possibilities for making a career out of doing 
>> this kind of work. Is the market already overcrowded with lawyers working 
>> on disability advocacy in some form, or do those of you in this area have 
>> more clients than you can handle? I recognize that law is a potentially 
>> wide open field, and of course markets can and do constantly change, but 
>> I would still appreciate learning more about whether it is realistic for 
>> a potential new entrant into the legal market to contemplate a career 
>> focusing to one degree or another on advocating for and representing the 
>> blind. Please feel free to contact me off list at jtfetter at yahoo.com as 
>> well. Thanks.
>> Sincerely,
>> James
>>
>>
>>> On 10/9/2014 3:44 PM, Russell J. Thomas via blindlaw wrote:
>>> Sue!
>>>
>>> Where did this happen -- what city and state?
>>>
>>> Perhaps there is an attorney in that community who would be willing to 
>>> help.
>>> If not, contact me off list at emplmntattorney at gmail.com, 949.752.0101 
>>> and I
>>> will try to help you find someone.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Timothy
>>> Blanchett via blindlaw
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 12:30 PM
>>> To: slabarre at labarrelaw.com; Blind Law Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Everyone Needs $3500
>>>
>>> a question for anyone that can help.  I went in to dial America to 
>>> interview
>>> for a job as a sales rep in a call center after applying.  I walked in 
>>> and a
>>> lady fredrica greated me at the door stating I have a dog and she is 
>>> scared
>>> of dogs and for someone else to help me.  So next a anita walked up and 
>>> took
>>> me in to her office for the interview.
>>> However she did not do an interview she asked me why I did not put on my
>>> application that I was blind.  I stated it did not ask me if I was 
>>> blind.
>>> She then asked me if I knew I was applying for a call center job.  I 
>>> replied
>>> yes I have 12 years experience in a call center setting and was fully 
>>> aware
>>> of the job I had applied for.  She then took about 30 minutes providing
>>> every reason she did not think a accomidation could be made and I 
>>> explained
>>> as to how it could be done.
>>> She never did an interview.  I then stood up and thanked her for her 
>>> time
>>> and walked out.  I called her manager Curtis the next day and explained
>>> everything to him.  He said he would need to talk to corp hr about
>>> everything and get back to me as to if a reasonable accomidation could 
>>> be
>>> made.  2 weeks later he called me and stated they had another rep in the
>>> past that was a jaws user and it had been done before in the past and 
>>> that
>>> they would need to get jaws set up on their system and after that is 
>>> done
>>> they would call me in for an interview at that point.  I asked him how 
>>> long
>>> that would take and he replied it may take 6 months however he could not
>>> give me a time frame.  I feel I was discriminated against and want to 
>>> file a
>>> law suit any help on how to do so?  Timothy Blanchett  423-441-0982
>>>
>>>> On 10/9/14, Scott C. LaBarre via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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